<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>with apologies for cross-postings, some preliminary information about a call which will be officially opened in the beginning of July.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>JL<br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>--</div><div>Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johanna Laakso</div><div><br></div><div>Universität Wien, Institut für Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (EVSL), Abteilung Finno-Ugristik</div><div>Campus AAKH Spitalgasse 2-4 Hof 7</div><div>A-1090 Wien</div><div><a href="mailto:johanna.laakso@univie.ac.at">johanna.laakso@univie.ac.at</a> • <a href="http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Johanna.Laakso/">http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Johanna.Laakso/</a></div><div>ELDIA: <a href="http://www.eldia-project.org/">http://www.eldia-project.org/</a> </div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><b>JOINT CALLS WITH INTERNATIONAL FUNDING AGENCIES LINGUISTICS (ACADEMY OF FINLAND, OTKA)</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">The Academy of Finland and the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (Országos Tudományos Kutatási Alapprogramok, OTKA) launch a joint call in the field of linguistics with the theme “The changing linguistic scenery in Finno-Ugric speech communities and its impact on society and culture”. The theme covers questions of how smaller communities adapt or change their everyday lives in the times of globalization and late modernity and, in particular, what the role of language is in this situation. The aim is to establish and strengthen collaboration between Finnish and Hungarian researchers in linguistics and language studies generally.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><b>Funding</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">Funding is granted for up to four four-year joint projects. The funding period starts on 1 September 2013.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><b>Review of applications</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">The applications are reviewed in accordance with the Academy’s procedures by an international evaluation panel. The evaluation criteria are: <span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>scientific quality and innovativeness of the joint research plan <span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>added value to be expected from the Finnish-Hungarian research collaboration</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>feasibility of the joint research plan <span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>competence and expertise of the Finnish and Hungarian researchers <span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>promotion of young researchers’careers.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><b>Joint research plan to national funding agencies</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">The application shall contain a joint research plan by the Finnish and the Hungarian researchers. The plan shall include a clear description of the planned research collaboration (distribution of work and methods of implementation) and the added value expected from the collaboration. The plan shall also include a joint budget and separate budgets for both partners.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">The partners shall apply for funding from their national funding agencies. Finnish researchers apply for funding in accordance with the Academy’s general application guidelines and Hungarian researchers in accordance with OTKA’s guidelines, both using their respective application forms. The submission deadline is the same in both countries.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><b>Appendices</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">Obligatory appendices: <span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>a joint research plan (no more than 15 pages), including</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><span style="font: 11.0px 'Courier New'">o<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>a clear description of the planned research collaboration (division of labour and methods of implementation)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><span style="font: 11.0px 'Courier New'">o<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>responsibilities of both partners <span style="font: 11.0px 'Courier New'">o<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>a description of the added value to be expected from the collaboration <span style="font: 11.0px 'Courier New'">o<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>a joint budget of the research project including separate budgets for both partners <span style="font: 11.0px 'Courier New'">o<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>a description of the project’s significance to researcher training and to the development of the</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">research environment <span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>curricula vitae of both partners’ principal investigators <span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>lists of publications of both partners and of those researchers whose salaries funding is applied for.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><b>How to apply</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">In this call, the costs of the Finnish research project are calculated according to the full cost model. The costs of the Hungarian partner are indicated only in the research plan (section 5, Implementation). Applications shall be written so as to ensure that the Academy’s contribution to funding comes to no morethan 70% of the estimated total costs of the Finnish project. See guidelines on how to enter the costs in the application on the Academy’s website under <span style="color: #223cfb">Full cost model</span>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">The deadline for applications submitted to the Academy is 26 September 2012 at 16.15. The deadline is non-negotiable. Applications are drafted and submitted in the Academy’s online services, select Open calls > <b>Joint project call: linguistics (Academy of Finland, OTKA)</b>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">Hungarian partners submit their applications to the OTKA in accordance with OTKA guidelines.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><b>More information</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">• Science Adviser Krister Talvinen (Culture and Society Research Unit), tel. +358 9 7758 8226</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><b>OTKA</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; ">• Senior Science Advisor Huba Bartos, <a href="mailto:bartos.huba@otka.hu">bartos.huba@otka.hu</a>, tel. +36 1 219 8700</div></div></body></html>